1868 - 1899 Private executions.

 

 

 

 

In the period from January 1868 to December 1899, 988 people were condemned to death of whom 454 were executed,

446 in private and 8 in public prior to abolition of public executions by the Capital Punishment (Amendment) Act

passed by Parliament on the 29th of May 1868. 

 

The total in private comprises 424 men and 22 women all hanged for murder.

 

 

 

 

Date hanged

Name of criminal

Age

County

Place

Victim details

 

 

 

1868 - 3 private executions.

 

 

13/08/1868

Thomas Wells

18

Kent

Maidstone 

Edward Walshe (Stationmaster)

08/09/1868

Alexander Mackay

19

London & Middlesex

Newgate 

Emma Goldsmith, his employer

28/12/1868

Priscilla Biggadyke

29

Lincolnshire

Lincoln

Husband

 

 

 

1869 - 10 executions.

 

 

18/01/1869

Martin Vinall

22

Sussex

Lewes

David Baldey

22/03/1869

John Donlan

37

Durham

Durham

Hugh Ward

22/03/1869

John M'Conville

23

Durham

Durham

Philip Trainer

29/03/1869

Michael Johnson

20

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Patrick Nurney

20/04/1869

William Sheward

57

Norfolk

Norwich City Gaol

Murder of wife  in 1851

12/08/1869

Jonah Dethridge

24

Dorset

Dorchester

James Trevett (warder)

06/09/1869

William Dixon

 

Hampshire

Winchester

Cpl. Brett

11/10/1869

William Taylor

24

Devon

Exeter

Cpl. Arthur Skullen

15/11/1869

Joseph Welsh

42

Kent

Maidstone.

John Abrahams

13/12/1869

Frederick Hinson

32

London & Middlesex

Newgate 

Wife

 

 

 

1870 - 7 executions.

 

 

10/01/1870

John Gregson

 

Lancashire

Liverpool (Kirkdale)

Wife

28/03/1870

William Mobbs

19

Buckinghamshire

Aylesbury

Boy aged 9

01/08/1870

Walter Miller

31

London & Middlesex

Newgate 

Rev. Elias Huelin

08/08/1870

John Owen

38

Buckinghamshire

Aylesbury

Emanuel Marshall + 6 others in family

15/08/1870

Thomas Radcliffe

26

Dorset

Dorchester

Edward Bly

11/10/1870

Margaret Waters

35

Surrey

Horsemonger Lane

Baby farmer

26/12/1870

Patrick Durr

42

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Wife

 

 

 

1871 - 3 executions.

 

 

03/04/1871

William Bull

21

Bedfordshire

Bedford 

Sally Marshall

24/04/1871

Michael Campbell

28

Essex

Chelmsford

Samuel Galloway

31/07/1871

Richard Addington

38

Northamptonshire

Northampton

Wife

 

 

 

1872 - 11 executions.

 

 

08/01/1872

Frederick Jones

20

Gloucestershire

Gloucester

Emily Gardner - girlfriend

18/03/1872

Edward Roberts

35

Oxfordshire

Oxford

Ann Merrick

01/04/1872

Frederick William Horry

28

Lincolnshire

Lincoln

Wife, Jane

12/08/1872

Charles Holmes

38

Worcestershire

Worcester

Wife, Maria

12/08/1872

Christopher Edwards

34

Staffordshire

Stafford

Wife

13/08/1872

James Tooth

42

Kent

Maidstone

George Stock

"

Francis Bradford

19

"

"

Daniel Donohue

"

Thomas Moore

52

"

"

Wife

26/08/1872

William Lace

43

Somerset

Taunton

Wife

09/12/1872

August Elliott

31

London & Middlesex

Newgate 

Ellen Moore (prostitute)

30/12/1872

Michael Kennedy

58

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Wife

 

 

 

1873 - 8 executions.

 

 

07/01/1873

Edward Hancock

50

Warwickshire

Warwick

Elizabeth Horton

08/01/1873

Richard Spencer

60

Lancashire

Liverpool

Wife

13/01/1873

Hugh Slane & John Hayes

22/29

Durham

Durham

Joseph Waine

24/03/1873

Mary Ann Cotton

40

Durham

Durham

Charles Edward Cotton

04/08/1873

Henry Evans

45

Buckinghamshire

Aylesbury

Wife

04/08/1873

Benjamin Hudson

24

Derbyshire

Derby

Wife, Eliza

08/09/1873

James Conner

 

Lancashire

Liverpool

James Gaffney

 

 

 

1874 - 19 executions.

 

 

05/01/1874

Thomas Corrigan

23

Lancashire

Liverpool

Matricide

05/01/1874

Charles Dawson

 

Durham

Durham

Margaret Addison

05/01/1874

Edward Gough

 

Durham

Durham

James Partridge

05/01/1874

William Thompson

26

Durham

Durham

Wife

12/01/1874

Edward Butt

22

Gloucestershire

Gloucester

Amelia Phillips

"

Edwin Bailey & Ann Barry

32/31

"

"

Murder of his illegitimate child

31/03/1874

Thomas Chamberlain

 

Northamptonshire

Northampton

John Newitt

25/05/1874

James Godwin

27

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Wife, Louisa

29/06/1874

Frances Stewart (f)

43

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Grandson, Henry Ernest Scrivener

10/08/1874

John Macdonald

 

Devon

Exeter

Bridget Walsh (girlfriend)

18/08/1874

William Jackson

29

Yorkshire

York Castle

Sister

24/08/1874

James Gibbs

 

Monmouthshire

Usk

Wife, Sarah Ann

31/08/1874

Mary Williams

40

Lancashire

Liverpool

Nicholas Manning

"

Henry Flanagan

22

"

"

Aunt

13/10/1874

John Coppen

37

Surrey

Horsemonger Lane

Wife

16/11/1874

Thomas Smith

 

Hampshire

Winchester

Captain Bird

28/12/1874

Hugh Daly

 

Durham

Durham

Philip Burdey

29/12/1874

Robert Taylor

21

Staffordshire

Stafford

Mary Kidd

 

 

 

1875 - 22 executions.

 

 

04/01/1875

James Cranwell

59

London & Middlesex

Newgate 

Emma Bellamy

04/01/1875

John McCrave &

20

Lancashire

Liverpool

Richard Morgan (Corner Men gang)

"

Michael Mullen

17

"

"

"

04/01/1875

William Worthington

33

Lancashire

Liverpool

Wife

29/03/1875

Richard Coates

 

Essex

Chelmsford

Alice Boughen (child)

30/03/1875

John Morgan

19

Kent

Maidstone

Joe Foulson

30/03/1875

John Stanton

22

Staffordshire

Stafford

Uncle

19/04/1875

Alfred Heap

 

Lancashire

Liverpool

Margaret McKivert (abortion)

26/04/1875

William Hale

 

Gloucestershire

Bristol

Wife

27/07/1875

Jeremiah Corkery

20

Warwickshire

Warwick

PC Lines

02/08/1875

William McHugh

36

Durham

Durham

Thomas Mooney

"

Michael Gillingham

22

"

"

John Kilcran

"

Elizabeth Pearson

28

 

James Watson, uncle

09/08/1875

Peter Blanchard

26

Lincolnshire

Lincoln Castle

Louisa Hodgson

16/08/1875

William M'Cullogh

36

Lancashire

Lancaster Castle

William Watson lodger

"

Mark Fiddler

24

"

"

Wife

06/09/1875

William Baker

 

Lancashire

Liverpool

Charles Langan

"

Edward Cooper

33

"

"

Edward Jones (at sea)

21/12/1875

William Smedley

50

Yorkshire

Leeds

Elizabeth Firth

21/12/1875

Henry Wainwright

37

London & Middlesex

Newgate 

Harriet Lane (mistress)

22/12/1875

John Anderson

 

Northumberland

Newcastle

Wife

23/12/1875

Richard Charlton

 

Northumberland

Morpeth

Wife

 

 

 

1876 - 21 executions.

 

 

28/03/1876

George Hunter

23

Northumberland

Morpeth (last)

William Woods

04/04/1876

Thomas Fordred

48

Kent

Maidstone

Mary Bridger (girlfriend)

10/04/1876

George Hill

 

Hertfordshire

Hertford

Illegitimate son

24/04/1876

Edward Deacon

 

Gloucestershire

Bristol

Wife

25/04/1876

Joseph Webber

 

Glamorganshire

Cardiff

Edward Stelfox

01/05/1876

Henry Webster

 

Norfolk

Norwich Castle (County Gaol)

Wife

23/05/1876

George Kadi

 

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Murder & mutiny on the "Lennie"

"

Pascaler Caladis

 

"

"

Murder & mutiny on the "Lennie"

"

Matteo Corgalis

 

"

"

Murder & mutiny on the "Lennie"

"

Giovanni Caccaris

 

"

"

Murder & mutiny on the "Lennie"

26/07/1876

John Williams

37

Durham

Durham

John Wales (brother in law)

01/08/1876

James Parris

27

Kent

Maidstone

William Crouch (6)

14/08/1876

William Fish

26

Lancashire

Liverpool

Emily Holland (7)

"

Richard Thompson

22

"

"

John Blundell

29/08/1876

John Eblethrift

 

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Wife

11/12/1876

Charles O'Donnell

57

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Wife

14/12/1876

Robert Browning

25

Cambridgeshire

Cambridge Borough jail

Emma Rolph (15 year old prostitute)

19/12/1876

Silas Barlow

 

Surrey

Horsemonger Lane

Ellen Sloper & child

19/12/1876

James Dalgleish

27

Cumberland

Carlisle

Sarah Wright (landlady)

20/12/1876

John Green

41

Leicestershire

Leicester

Wife

21/12/1876

William Flanagan

35

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Margaret Doherty

 

 

 

1877 - 23 executions.

 

 

02/01/1877

Isaac Marks

23

Surrey

Horsemonger Lane

Frederick Bernard

12/03/1877

Henry & Francis Tidbury

24/27

Berkshire

Reading

PC Shorter & Inspector Drewatt

26/03/1877

William Clark

 

Lincolnshire

Lincoln Castle (last)

Henry Walker gamekeeper

27/03/1877

John M'Kenna

25

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Wife

02/04/1877

James Bannister

 

Cheshire

Chester

Wife

03/04/1877

John Johnson

37

Yorkshire

Leeds

Amos Waite

17/04/1877

Frederick Baker

 

Warwickshire

Warwick

Mary Saunders

31/07/1877

Henry Rogers

27

Staffordshire

Stafford

Wife

31/07/1877

John Starkey

28

Leicestershire

Leicester

Wife

13/08/1877

Henry Leigh

23

Cheshire

Chester

Alice Hatton (8)

14/08/1877

Caleb Smith

38

Surrey

Horsemonger Lane(last)

Elizabeth Osborne

21/08/1877

John Golding

 

Lancashire

Liverpool

Daniel Lord

"

Patrick M'Govern

 

"

"

John Campbell

15/10/1877

John Lynch

26

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Wife

12/11/1877

Thomas Pratt

 

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Elizabeth Rockington

19/11/1877

William Hussell

 

Devon

Exeter

Wife

20/11/1877

Henry March

50

Norfolk

Norwich Castle (County Gaol)

Thomas Mays & Henry Bidwell

21/11/1877

Thomas Grey

36

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Ann Mellor

23/11/1877

Cadwallader Jones

25

Merionethshire

Dolgelley (last)

Sarah Hughes (girlfriend)

27/11/1877

James Satchell,

28

Leicestershire

Leicester

Joseph Tugby

"

John Swift & John Upton

19/32

"

"

Joseph Tugby

 

 

 

1878 - 15 executions.

 

 

04/02/1878

George Piggott

29

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Florence Galloway

11/02/1878

James Caffyn

 

Hampshire

Winchester

Maria Barber

12/02/1878

James Trickett

 

Lancashire

Liverpool

Wife

13/02/1878

John Brooks

 

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Carolyn Woodhead

01/04/1878

Henry Rowles

26

Oxfordshire

Oxford

Mary Allen (fiancée)

15/04/1878

Vincent Walker

48

Yorkshire

York Castle

Lydia White

29/07/1878

Charles Revell

25

Essex

Chelmsford

Wife - Hester

30/07/1878

Robert Vest

 

Durham

Durham

John Wallace

12/08/1878

Thomas Cholerton

 

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Jane Smith

15/08/1878

Selina Wadge

28

Cornwall

Bodmin

Illegitimate son

08/10/1878

Thomas Smithers

31

Old Bailey C.C.C

Wandsworth (first)

Amy Judge

12/11/1878

Patrick Byrne

38

Northamptonshire

Northampton

Qtr. Sgt. Griffiths

18/11/1878

Joseph Garcia

21

Monmouthshire

Usk

5 members of Watkins family

19/11/1878

James M'Gowan

55

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Wife

25/11/1878

Henry Gilbert

30

Huntingdon Assizes

Huntingdon (last)

Bastard son

 

 

 

1879 - 15 executions.

 

 

04/02/1879

Stephen Gambril

28

Kent

Maidstone

Arthur Gillow

10/02/1879

Enoch Whiston

21

Worcestershire

Worcester

Alfred Merredith

11/02/1879

William M'Guiness

40

Lancashire

Lancaster Castle

Wife

25/02/1879

Charles Peace

47

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

PC Cock & Arthur Dyson

24/03/1879

James Simms

43

Old Bailey C.C.C

Newgate

Lucy Graham (prostitute)

12/05/1879

Edwin Smart

35

Gloucestershire

Gloucester

Lucy Derrick

20/05/1879

William Cooper

42

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Ellen Mather

26/05/1879

Catherine Churchill

55

Somerset

Taunton

Husband

27/05/1879

John Darcy

22

Yorkshire

York Castle

William Metcalfe (gamekeeper)

28/05/1879

Thomas Johnson

20

Lancashire

Liverpool

Eliza Parton

29/07/1879

Kate Webster

30

Old Bailey C.C.C

Wandsworth  

Julia Thomas (employer)

11/08/1879

Annie Tooke

40

Devon

Exeter

Reginald Hyde (6 mths.)

25/08/1879

James Dilley

41

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Bastard child

26/08/1879

John Ralph

28

Warwickshire

Warwick

Sarah Vernon

03/12/1879

Henry Bedingfield

46

Suffolk

Ipswich

Eliza Rodden

 

 

 

1880 - 14 executions.

 

 

05/01/1880

Charles Surety

29

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Child aged 2

17/02/1880

William Cassidy

 

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Wife

02/03/1880

Patrick Kearns &

Lancashire

Liverpool

Patrick Tracey (landlord)

"

Hugh Burns

 

"

"

"

22/03/1880

John Wingfield

34

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Wife Murder

10/05/1880

William Dumbleton

 

Buckinghamshire

Aylesbury (last)

John Edmunds

11/05/1880

John Wood

 

Yorkshire

York Castle  

John Coe

27/07/1880

Thomas Berry

37

Kent

Maidstone

Carolyn Adams

16/08/1880

John Wakefield

28

Derbyshire

Derby

Elizabeth Wilkinson (9)

16/11/1880

William Brownlees

22

Durham

Durham

Elizabeth Holmes

20/11/1880

Thomas Wheeler

 

Hertfordshire

St Albans

Edward Anstee

22/11/1880

Joseph Distin

35

Gloucestershire

Bristol

Elizabeth Daniels

13/12/1880

William Herbert

44

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Jane Messenger

13/12/1880

George Pavey

29

Old Bailey C.C.C.

Newgate

Ada Shepherd (10)

 

 

 

1881 - 11 executions.

 

 

21/02/1881

William Stanway

 

Cheshire

Chester

Ann Mellor

22/02/1881

James Williams

24

Staffordshire

Stafford

Elizabeth Bagnall

28/02/1881

Albert Robinson

20

Derbyshire

Derby

Wife

17/05/1881

Albert Moore

23

Kent

Maidstone

Mary Marsh

23/05/1881

James Hall

53

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Wife

31/05/1881

Joseph M'Entire

42

Lancashire

Liverpool

Wife

15/08/1881

Thomas Brown

 

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Eliza Caldwell

23/08/1881

George Durling

36

Old Bailey C.C.C.

Maidstone

Fanny Mussen

21/11/1881

Alfred Gough

34

Derbyshire

Derby

Eleanor Windle (6)

28/11/1881

John Simpson

21

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Ann Ratcliffe (girlfriend)

29/11/1881

Percy Mapleton

22

Sussex

Lewes

Isaac Gold

 

 

 

1882 - 11 executions.

 

 

30/01/1882

Charles Gerrish

70

Wiltshire

Devizes

Stephen Coleman

13/02/1882

Robert Templeton

36

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Betty Scott (landlady)

28/04/1882

George Lamson

30

Old Bailey C.C.C.

Wandsworth

Percy Malcolm (brother in law)

16/05/1882

Thomas Fury

 

Durham

Durham

Maria Fitzsimmons

22/05/1882

George Abigail

19

Norfolk

Norwich Castle (County Gaol)

Mary Plunkett

23/05/1882

Osmond Brand

27

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

William Pepper

21/08/1882

William Turner

 

Lancashire

Liverpool

Wife

13/11/1882

William Bartlett

46

Cornwall

Bodmin

Bastard daughter

28/11/1882

Edward Wheatfil

 

Yorkshire

York Castle  

Peter Hughes (16)

04/12/1882

Bernard Mullarky

19

Lancashire

Liverpool

Thomas Cruise

12/12/1882

Charles Taylor

 

Surrey

Wandsworth

Wife

 

 

 

1883 - 14 executions.

 

 

02/01/1883

Louisa Jane Taylor

37

Kent

Maidstone

Mrs. Tregellis

12/02/1883

Abraham Thomas

24

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Christina Leigh (housekeeper)

19/02/1883

James Anderson

50

Lincolnshire

Lincoln County Jail

Wife

07/05/1883

Thomas Garry

 

Lincolnshire

Lincoln

John Newton

08/05/1883

Patrick Carey

 

Cheshire

Chester  (last)

Samuel Carlam

21/05/1883

Joseph Wedlake

 

Somerset

Taunton

Mark Cox

"

George White

 

"

"

Wife

06/08/1883

James Burton

33

Durham

Durham

Wife, Elizabeth

06/11/1883

Henry Powell

24

Surrey

Wandsworth

John Briston

13/11/1883

Thomas Day

31

Suffolk

Ipswich

Bastard child

19/11/1883

Peter Bray

32

Durham

Durham

Thomas Pyle

26/11/1883

Thomas Riley

55

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Elizabeth Alston

03/12/1883

Henry Dutton

22

Lancashire

Liverpool

Hannah Henshaw

17/12/1883

Patrick O'Donell

28

Old Bailey C.C.C.

Newgate

James Carey (informer)

 

 

 

1884 - 14 executions.

 

 

25/02/1884

Charles Kite

 

Somerset

Taunton (last)

Albert Miles

03/03/1884

Catherine Flannigan &

 

Lancashire

Liverpool (Kirkdale)

Thomas Higgins

"

Margaret Higgins

 

"

"

"

10/03/1884

Michael M'Lean

18

Lancashire

Liverpool (Kirkdale)

Exequiel Rodriguez Nuniez

26/05/1884

Mary Lefley

 

Lincolnshire

Lincoln

Husband

28/05/1884

Joseph Lowson

25

Durham

Durham

Police-Sgt. Smith

19/08/1884

Peter Cassidy

54

Lancashire

Liverpool (Kirkdale)

Wife

19/08/1884

Joseph Laycock

34

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Wife & 4 children

06/10/1884

Thomas Orrock

21

London & Middlesex

Newgate

PC Cole (policeman)

"

Thomas Harris

48

"

"

Wife

24/11/1884

Kay Howarth (m)

25

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Richard Dugdale

"

Harry Swindells

50

"

"

James Wild

08/12/1884

Arthur Shaw

31

Lancashire

Liverpool

Wife

"

Ernest Ewerstadt

23

"

"

Elizabeth Hamblin

 

 

 

1885 - 13 executions.

 

 

13/01/1885

Horace Jay

23

Old Bailey C.C.C.

Wandsworth

Wife

17/03/1885

Henry Kimberley

 

Birmingham

B/ham (Winson Green)

Emma Palmer

18/05/1885

James Lee

45

Essex

Chelmsford

Inspector Simmons

25/05/1885

Moses Shrimpton

65

Worcestershire

Worcester

PC Davis

13/07/1885

Henry Alt

31

Old Bailey C.C.C.

Newgate

Charles Howard

03/08/1885

Joseph Tucker

37

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Wife Murder

17/08/1885

Thomas Boulton

47

Staffordshire

Stafford

Murder niece

05/10/1885

Henry Norman

31

Old Bailey C.C.C.

Newgate

Wife Murder

23/11/1885

John Hill &

 

Herefordshire

Hereford

Ann Dixon

"

John Williams

 

"

"

Ann Dixon

30/11/1885

Robert Goodale

 

Norfolk

Norwich Castle (County Gaol)

Wife

07/12/1885

Daniel Minahan

28

Old Bailey C.C.C.

Newgate

Wife

08/12/1885

George Thomas

28

Lancashire

Liverpool (Kirkdale)

Mary Askin

 

 

 

1886 - 19 executions.

 

 

01/02/1886

John Horton

36

Wiltshire

Devizes

Patricide

08/02/1886

Anthony Rudge,

 

Cumberland

Carlisle

PC Byrnes

"

John Martin &

 

"

"

PC Byrnes

"

James Baker

 

"

"

PC Byrnes

09/02/1886

John Bains

 

Lancashire

Lancaster

Wife Murder

10/02/1886

John Thurston

20

Norfolk

Norwich Castle (County Gaol)

H Springhall

16/02/1886

George Saunders

29

Suffolk

Ipswich

Wife

22/02/1886

Owen M'Gill

39

Cheshire

Knutsford.

Wife

01/03/1886

Thomas Nash

 

Wales

Cardiff

Child

02/03/1886

David Roberts

 

Wales

Swansea

David Thomas

31/05/1886

Albert Brown

 

Hampshire

Winchester

James Parker

"

James Whelan

 

"

"

Seaman

15/06/1886

Edward Hewitt

34

Gloucestershire

Gloucester

Wife, Sarah Ann

27/07/1886

William Samuels

 

Shropshire

Shrewsbury

Murder

09/08/1886

Mary Ann Britland

39

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Mary Dixon, + husband & daughter

16/11/1886

Patrick Judge

47

Northumberland

Newcastle

Wife Murder

29/11/1886

James Murphy

 

Yorkshire

York Castle  

PC Austwick

30/11/1886

James Banton

27

Leicestershire

Leicester

PC Barrett

13/12/1886

George Harmer

28

Norfolk

Norwich Castle (County Gaol)

Henry Last

 

 

 

1887 - 21 executions.

 

 

11/02/1887

Thomas Bloxham

62

Leicestershire

Leicester

Wife

15/02/1887

Thomas Leatherbarrow

47

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Wife

17/02/1887

Edward Prichard

20

Gloucestershire

Gloucester

Henry Allen (14)

21/02/1887

Richard Insole

24

Lincolnshire

Lincoln

Wife

22/02/1887

Benjamin Terry

29

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Wife

14/03/1887

Elizabeth Berry

31

Lancashire

Liverpool (Walton)

Daughter

21/03/1887

Joseph King

41

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Annie Sutton + child

18/04/1887

Thomas Currell

31

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Wife

09/05/1887

Charles Smith

63

Oxfordshire

Oxford

Wife

16/05/1887

Henry Young

27

Dorset

Dorchester

Child

30/06/1887

Walter Wood

35

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Wife

01/08/1887

Alfred Sowrey

24

Lancashire

Lancaster Castle

Annie Kelly

16/08/1887

Thomas Bevan

20

Cheshire

Knutsford

Aunt

22/08/1887

Israel Lipski

22

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Miriam Angel

22/08/1887

Henry Hobson

54

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Ada Stoddart

29/08/1887

William Wilton

 

Sussex

Lewes

Wife

14/11/1887

William Hunter

32

Cumberland

Carlisle

Isabella Steele

15/11/1887

Joseph Walker

 

Oxfordshire

Oxford

Wife

21/11/1887

Joseph Morley

17

Essex

Chelmsford

Mrs. Rogers landlady

28/11/1887

Enoch Wadley

27

Gloucestershire

Gloucester

Elizabeth Evans

06/12/1887

Thomas Payne

 

Warwickshire

Warwick

Sister in law

 

 

 

1888 - 17 executions.

 

 

13/03/1888

David Rees

25

Wales

Carmarthen

Thomas Davies

20/03/1888

Alfred Scandrett

21

Herefordshire

Hereford

Philip Ballard

"

James Jones

 

"

"

Philip Ballard

27/03/1888

George Clarke

42

Hampshire

Winchester

Step daughter

28/03/1888

William Arrowsmith

 

Shropshire

Shrewsbury

Murder uncle

15/05/1888

John Gell

32

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Mary Miller landlady

23/05/1888

James Richardson

23

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Murder foreman

17/07/1888

Robert Upton

61

Oxfordshire

Oxford

Wife murder

18/07/1888

Thomas Wyre

30

Worcestershire

Worcester

Son

07/08/1888

John Jackson

33

Lancashire

Manchester (S/ways)

Mr. Webb (prison warder)

10/08/1888

Arthur Delaney

31

Derbyshire

Derby

Wife

15/08/1888

George Seargent

 

Essex

Chelmsford

Wife Annie

28/08/1888

George Daniels

34

Warwickshire

B/ham. (Winson Green)

Emma Hastings

"

Harry Jones

 

"

"

Florence Harris (child)

13/11/1888

Richard Bartlett

66

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Wife murder

11/12/1888

Samuel Crowther

71

Worcestershire

Worcester

John Willis

18/12/1888

William Waddell

22

Durham

Durham

Jane Beadmore

 

 

 

1889 - 15 executions.

 

 

01/01/1889

Charles Bulmer

51

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Wife

01/01/1889

Thomas Clewes

27

Staffordshire

Stafford

Wife

02/01/1889

William Gower &

18

Kent

Maidstone

B. C. Lawrence

"

Charles Dobel

17

"

"

B. C. Lawrence

08/01/1889

George Nicholson

52

Warwickshire

Warwick

Wife murder

06/03/1889

Ebenezer Jenkins

20

Surrey

Wandsworth

Emily Joy (Fiancée)

13/03/1889

Samuel Rylands

 

Somerset

Shepton Mallett

Emma Davies (10)

10/04/1889

Thomas Allen [Zulu]

26

Wales

Swansea

Publican

11/04/1889

John Withey

 

Gloucestershire

Bristol

Wife

21/08/1889

George Horton

37

Derbyshire

Derby

Daughter

09/12/1889

Benjamin Purcell

50

Wiltshire

Devizes

Wife murder

24/12/1889

William Dukes

 

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

George Gordon employer

31/12/1889

Robert West

45

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Wife

31/12/1889

Frederick Brett

39

"

"

Wife

31/12/1889

William Hook

40

Kent

Maidstone

Wife

 

 

 

1890 - 16 executions.

 

 

07/01/1890

Charles Higginbottom

63

Warwickshire

Warwick

Winifred Phillips (landlady)

11/03/1890

Joseph & Samuel Boswell

29/39

Worcestershire

Worcester

Frank Stephens Gamekeeper

12/03/1890

William Row

40

Northumberland

Newcastle

Lily McClaran Wilson

26/03/1890

John Neal

64

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Wife murder

08/04/1890

Richard Davis

18

Cheshire

Knutsford

Patricide

15/04/1890

William Chadwick

23

Lancashire

Liverpool (Kirkdale)

Walter Davies

10/06/1890

Daniel Corrie

30

Surrey

Wandsworth

Thomas Furlonger

29/07/1890

George Bowling

57

Surrey

Wandsworth

Wife

22/08/1890

Felix Spicer

60

Cheshire

Knutsford

Wife

26/08/1890

Frederick Davies

40

Warwickshire

B/ham. (Winson Green)

Wife

26/08/1890

James Harrison

30

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Wife

27/08/1890

Francois Manteau

51

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Francois De Grave

23/12/1890

Mary Wheeler

24

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Phoebe Hogg

30/12/1890

Robert Kitching

34

Yorkshire

York Castle

PC Weedy

30/12/1890

Thomas McDonald

32

Lancashire

Liverpool

Elizabeth Ann Holt

 

 

 

1891 - 11 executions.

 

 

19/05/1891

Alfred Turner

20

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Mary Moran girlfriend

21/07/1891

Franz Munch

31

Surrey

Wandsworth

Jane Hickey

28/07/1891

Arthur Spencer

22

Lincolnshire

Lincoln

Mary Ann Garner

18/08/1891

Walter Turner

32

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Barbara Waterhouse (6)

18/08/1891

Thomas Saddler

 

Essex

Chelmsford

William Wass

19/08/1891

Robert Bradshaw

56

Surrey

Wandsworth

Wife murder

20/08/1891

John Conway

 

Lancashire

Liverpool (Kirkdale)

Nicholas Martin (9)

25/08/1891

Edward Watts

 

Hampshire

Winchester

Wife murder

15/12/1891

Harry Dainton

34

Somerset

Shepton Mallett

Wife murder

22/12/1891

John Johnson

49

Durham

Durham

Margaret Addison

28/12/1891

Charles Saunders

31

Herefordshire

Hereford

Walter Steeres (2)

 

 

 

1892 - 17 executions.

 

 

05/01/1892

James Stockwell

26

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Catherine Dennis (16)

01/03/1892

James Muir

39

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Abigail Sullivan

17/03/1892

Frederick Eggleton &

35

Oxfordshire

Oxford

Joseph Crawley &

"

Charles Raynor

31

"

"

William Puddiphatt (Gamekeepers)

22/03/1892

Joseph Wilson

24

Cumberland

Carlisle

Maria Crossman Landlady

29/03/1892

John Noble

46

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Wife murder

26/04/1892

George Wood

29

Sussex

Lewes

Edith Jeal (5)

14/06/1892

Harry Pickering

29

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Wife murder

26/07/1892

John Gurd

29

Wiltshire

Devizes

Police Sgt. Moulden

16/08/1892

John Wenze

25

London & Middlesex

Newgate

PC Joseph Joyce

"

James Taylor

60

"

"

Wife murder

17/08/1892

Patrick Gibbons

33

Lancashire

Liverpool (Walton)

Matricide

18/08/1892

Moses Cudworth

40

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Wife murder

11/10/1892

John Banbury

22

Surrey

Wandsworth

Ann Emma Oakley

15/11/1892

Dr. Thomas Neil Cream

42

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Matilda Clover

20/12/1892

Joseph Mellor

33

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Wife, Mary Jane

22/12/1892

Thomas Edwards

30

Wales

Usk

Mary Connely

 

 

 

1893 - 16 executions.

 

 

03/01/1893

Cross Duckworth

32

Lancashire

Liverpool (Walton)

Alice Baines

10/01/1893

Andrew Macrae

36

Northamptonshire

Northampton

Annie Pritchard

16/03/1893

Albert Manning

37

Gloucestershire

Gloucester

Jane Flew

28/03/1893

William Williams

19

Devon

Exeter

Emma Doidge

04/04/1893

Edward Hemmings

26

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Wife

18/07/1893

Richard Sabey

45

Northamptonshire

Northampton

Louisa Johnson

19/07/1893

Amie Meunier

25

Worcestershire

Worcester

Charlotte Pearcey

25/07/1893

George Cooke

27

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Maud Smith

10/08/1893

Charles Squires

28

Somerset

Shepton Mallett

Wife’s bastard

15/08/1893

John Hewitt

19

Staffordshire

Stafford

William Masfen

16/08/1893

John Davis

34

Essex

Chelmsford

Police Sgt. Adam Eves

28/11/1893

Emanuel Hamar

33

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Catherine Tyrere

05/12/1893

John Carter

43

Berkshire

Reading

Wife

06/12/1893

George Mason

19

Hampshire

Winchester

Army Sgt. James Robinson

19/12/1893

Henry Rumbold

 

Lincolnshire

Lincoln

Miss Rushby (girlfriend)

21/12/1893

James Wyndham

45

Gloucestershire

Gloucester

Patricide

 

 

 

1894 - 18 executions.

 

 

02/01/1894

William Harris

 

Warwickshire

Warwick

Florence Clifford girlfriend

13/02/1894

George Thomas

25

Wales

Carmarthen

Mary Jane Jones girlfriend

27/03/1894

Walter Smith

32

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Catherine Cross

02/04/1894

Margaret Walber

53

Lancashire

Liverpool (Walton)

Husband

03/04/1894

Philip Garner

49

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Wife murder

04/04/1894

Frederick Fenton

32

Warwickshire

B/ham. (Winson Green)

Florence Elborough

22/05/1894

John Langford

 

Lancashire

Liverpool (Walton)

Elizabeth Stevens

18/07/1894

Samuel Elkins

 

Hampshire

Winchester

William Mitchell

31/07/1894

William Crossley

42

Lancashire

Manchester (S/ways)

Mary Ann Allen

14/08/1894

Paul Koczula

24

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Mrs Rasch

21/08/1894

Alfred Dews

28

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Son

27/11/1894

James Whitehead

 

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Wife murder

29/11/1894

Thomas Richards

 

Wales

Carmarthen

Mary Davis sister in Law

04/12/1894

James Read

 

Essex

Chelmsford

Florence Dennis

10/12/1894

John Newell

42

Leicestershire

Leicester

Wife

11/12/1894

Samuel Emery

20

Northumberland

Newcastle

Mary Ann Marshall

12/12/1894

Cyrus Knight

45

Hampshire

Winchester

Wife murder

"

William Rogers

 

"

"

Sarah Dupe

 

 

 

1895 - 11 executions.

 

 

26/03/1895

Edmund Kesteven

 

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Wife murder

04/06/1895

William Miller

 

Lancashire

Liverpool (Walton)

Edward Moyse

18/06/1895

Joseph Canning

32

Surrey

Wandsworth

Jane Youell

02/07/1895

Henry Tickner

42

Surrey

Wandsworth

Wife murder

13/08/1895

Robert Hudson

 

Yorkshire

York Castle

Wife murder

20/08/1895

Thomas Bond

29

Staffordshire

Stafford

Frederick Bakewell

13/11/1895

Richard Wingrave

37

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Jane Eagle

03/12/1895

Arthur Covington

27

Bedfordshire

Bedford

Effie Burgen cousin

17/12/1895

Elijah Winstanley

28

Lancashire

Liverpool (Walton)

DS Robert Kidd

24/12/1895

Henry Wright

35

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Mary Reynolds (landlady)

31/12/1895

Patrick Morley

38

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Wife Elizabeth

 

 

 

1896 - 19 executions.

 

 

04/02/1896

William Morgan

56

Old Bailey (C C C)

Wandsworth

Wife murder

25/02/1896

Alfred Chipperfield

20

Old Bailey (C C C)

Newgate

Wife murder

09/06/1896

Henry Fowler &

31

Old Bailey (C C C)

Newgate

Henry Smith

"

Albert Milsom

33

"

"

Henry Smith

"

William Seaman

46

"

"

Jonathan Levy

10/06/1896

Amelia Dyer

57

Old Bailey (C C C)

Newgate

Baby Farmer

07/07/1896

Charles Wooldridge

30

Berkshire

Reading

Wife murder

21/07/1896

Frederick Burden

24

Hampshire

Winchester

Angeline Faithful

"

Philip Matthews

32

"

"

Daughter

"

Samuel Smith

18

"

"

Cpl. Robert Payne

04/08/1896

Joseph Hirst

26

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Daughter

05/08/1896

William Pugh

21

Derbyshire

Derby

Elizabeth Boot

11/08/1896

Samuel Wilkinson

 

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Mary Kaye

"

John Rose

 

"

"

Wife Mary

18/08/1896

Frank Taylor

23

Warwickshire

B/ham. (Winson Green)

Mary Lewis (10)

25/08/1896

Joseph Ellis

22

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Wife murder

06/10/1896

James Jones

26

Old Bailey (C C C)

Newgate

Edward White

22/12/1896

August Carlson

43

Yorkshire

York Castle

Juliet Wood

23/12/1896

Joseph Alcock

26

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Wife

 

 

 

1897 - 7 executions.

 

 

05/01/1897

Henry Brown

32

Old Bailey (C C C)

Wandsworth

Wife

09/02/1897

Robert Hayman

 

Kent

Maidstone

Wife

27/07/1897

Joseph Bowser

 

Lincolnshire

Lincoln

Wife Susan

17/08/1897

Joseph Robinson

33

Yorkshire

Leeds (Armley)

Wife murder

"

Walter Robinson

33

"

"

Sarah Pickles cousin

18/08/1897

Thomas Lloyd

 

Lancashire

Liverpool (Walton)

Wife

16/12/1897

William Betts

47

Kent

Maidstone

Patricide

 

 

 

1898 - 10 executions.

 

 

22/02/1898

George Howe

34

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Joseph Pickup

22/03/1898

Charles Smith

33

Durham

Durham

Wife - Mary Ann

28/06/1898

Walter Horsford

26

Huntingdon Assize

Cambridge

Annie Holmes, cousin

12/07/1898

James Watt

 

Norfolk

Norwich Prison

Wife murder

19/07/1898

William Wilkes

 

Essex

Chelmsford

Wife murder

03/08/1898

Thomas Jones

35

Wales

Caernarfon

Wife murder

30/08/1898

Joseph Lewis

 

Wales

Swansea

Robert Scott Gamekeeper

15/11/1898

John Ryan

30

Old Bailey (C C C)

Newgate

PC Joseph Baldwin

14/12/1898

Thomas Daley

40

Kent

Maidstone

Sarah Ann Penfold

21/12/1898

John Cotton

66

Derbyshire

Derby

Wife murder

 

 

 

1899 - 15 executions.

 

 

03/01/1899

Johann Schnieder

36

Old Bailey (C C C)

Newgate

Conrad Burndt

28/03/1899

George Robertson

45

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Mary Knealey (4)

03/05/1899

Frederick Andrews

45

Surrey

Wandsworth

Wife murder

11/07/1899

Joseph Parker

24

Northamptonshire

Northampton

Mary Meadows girlfriend

12/07/1899

Charles Maidment

22

Hampshire

Winchester

Dorcas Houghton girlfriend

19/07/1899

Mary Ansell

22

Hertfordshire

St Albans

Her sister Caroline

25/07/1899

Edward Bell

 

Lincolnshire

Lincoln

Wife murder

09/08/1899

Elias Torr

52

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Margaret (daughter)

03/10/1899

Frederick Preston

22

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Eliza Mears girlfriend

04/10/1899

Robert Ward

27

Surrey

Wandsworth

2 daughters

15/11/1899

Thomas Skeffington

20

London & Middlesex

Newgate

Florence Wells

21/11/1899

George Nunn

18

Suffolk

Ipswich

Eliza Dixon

28/11/1899

Charles Scott

28

Berkshire

Reading

Eliza O’Shea

05/12/1899

Samuel Crozier

35

Essex

Chelmsford

Wife, Ann

06/12/1899

Michael Dowdle

40

Lancashire

Mcr. (Strangeways)

Wife, Ellen

 

 

 

 

 

 

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